VFW IN D.C.

The VFW is one of the most respected voices on Capitol Hill, and we'll never stop fighting for veterans' rights and benefits. When our nation's veterans stand with the VFW, our voice is amplified, and we can not be ignored.

We don’t wait to hear how legislation will affect veterans, service members and their families; we help shape it from the beginning. We actively lobby Congress and the administration on current veterans' issues and needs.
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Filing a VA claim can be complicated and frustrating, and VFW Service Officers are here to help you cut through the VA's red tape. In the last two years, the VFW network has helped more than 209,000 veterans recover $5.9 billion in compensation benefits.
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We fought in uniform to keep our country safe. Today we continue that fight through our National Security and Foreign Affairs (NS&FA) program. Simply put, NS&FA works to maintain the integrity of our great nation.
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The VFW’s Action Corps is the VFW's grassroots lobbying effort. Its members span the world, and work to inform and educate veterans and service members on the initiatives and policies that affect them.
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The VFW’s legislative initiatives center on quality of life and health initiatives for all the nation's veterans, past and present. The list below details the VFW’s 2015 legislative priority goals. You can also access our Priority Goals brochure here.

Provide oversight and the resources necessary to hire, train, and sustain a workforce and IT system sufficient to provide accurate and timely decision ratings to those claiming benefits or appealing decisions from VA.

Approve a presumption of service connection for the conditions associated with Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI).

Ensure survivors of veterans who were in receipt of or entitled to receive VA compensation at the time of death for a service-connected disability rated totally disabling are eligible for Dependency Indemnity Compensation (DIC).

Appropriate the resources required to meet the burial needs of all veterans who have served their country so honorably and faithfully.

Pass a Fully Developed Appeals legislation that will allow veterans who wish to appeal but do not.

2011 — VOW to Hire Heroes Act signed which expanded education and training programs, improved transition assistance for service members, and encouraged employers to hire veterans through new tax credits